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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are two books about teens in crisis that are read the fall of 1995?
2. What is so special about the buses students rode in with Zlata and Mirna?
3. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?
4. What event caused 168 innocent men, women and children to die?
5. Where is Zlata's homeland?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the word 'murder' a shadow hovering over a student's life the fall of 1995?
2. Why does one student decide she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thought she was?
3. Why are some students not allowed to go to Medieval Times?
4. Why is Gruwell stereotyped by some of the other teachers?
5. Why does Renee Firestone's story affect one student?
6. As described in Chapter 1, why does a student get a gun to protect him/herself?
7. Why did Zlata begin writing a diary and how did her diary evolve?
8. In Diary 46, why does a student's father dislike her best friend?
9. What does Zlata mean when she says we cannot erase evil from the world, but can change the way we deal with it?
10. Because of the Read-a-Thon for Tolerance, why is Zlata invited to speak to the class?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Diary 69, a student compares his/her neighborhood to "The Brady Bunch". Write about what life is like for the Brady Bunch. Compare the lives portrayed on the television show to the life this student leads. How are the neighborhoods different? How are their lives different? Is there anything about their lives that is the same?
Essay Topic 2
During the spring semester of 1996, Gruwell asks, "If you could live an eternity and not change a thing or exist for the blink of an eye and alter everything, what do you choose?" How does Gruwell relate this statement to the students' lives? What does she tell the students they can do? How are the students to seize the moment? Which is better, to live forever and leave the world the same or live for a moment and change everything?
Essay Topic 3
What does it mean "World peace is only a dream because people won't allow themselves and others around them to simply be peanuts"? Explain the meaning of the phrase, and why a student compares people to peanuts. How do peanuts compare to people? What happens if people are allowed to be peanuts? What does people living in harmony have to do with the appearance of peanuts?
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